Sergeant Les called the meeting to order.
 
President Mike welcomed all, especially the partners present, the guest speaker Jeremy Scott and visiting rotarian Judy Clark fro the Caloundra Club.
 
INTERNATIONAL TOAST:
Kevin Curd proposed the toast to the Rotary Club of Honiara. District 9600 has four countries, PNG, Nauru, Solomon Islands and Australia.
Honiara has 28 members and meets on Tuesdays at the Honiara hotel at 5.30 pm for a 6.00 pm start. They have an association with club in Malaysia that raised $300,000 in a golf day as well as 120,000 in donations. These funds go towards the Rotary Against Malaria project aimed at clearing mosquito breeding areas.
 
GOLF DAY Friday 14th October:
Tony Long reported that we have 20 team sponsors.
WE HAVE ALLOCATED TASKS/ACTIVITIES TO "MANAGERS" AS FOLLOWS
  • 100'S BOARD AND RAFFLES .............................. LES
  • ERECTING THE SPONSORS LOGO BOARD ....... BRAD
  • CREATING THE SPONSORS LOGO BOARD........ DAN
  • PHOTOGRAPHER ............................. PETER HOVEY
  • AUCTION............................................................... LES
  • REGISTRATION ................................................... BRIAN
  • BETTING HOLES.................................................. FRANK
  • HOLES IN ONE..................................................... ROSS & TONY
  • SPONSORS ADVERTISING ON COURSE ............. WILL
  • HELICOPTER BALL DROP ................................. ROSS
  • CARTS ............................................................. WILL
  • PRIZES-RAFFLE/AUCTION ............................... TONY
  • PRIZES- COMPETITION ..................................... PAUL B
IF YOU COULD CALL THEM TO OFFER HELP THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
 
2. DAVID SMITH HAS AGREED TO PICK UP THE XXXX PRODUCT FOR
    US (RAFFLE PRIZES ETC) 
 
3. IF YOU HAVE RAFFLE OR AUCTION PRIZES COULD PLEASE EMAIL
    ME THE DETAIL. WE WILL WORK OUT COLLECTION LATER.
 
As Bill Lawrie would Say "Its all Happening.
 
CLUB HISTORIAN:
Les reported that Gary Robertson has the clus's historical  material and is looking for someone to take over the role. David Smith generously offered to take over the role.
 
ROTARIAN of the MONTH:
Barb Bailey presented the pin to Ken Hinkley.
 
MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH:
Ross Harrison suggested that as a club we support Caloundra Rotary Club's fund raiser at the Power Boat Club. 
Please see attached Flyer.
 
RIKI TIKI:
Conducted by Barb and won by Greg Lee-Archer!
 
SERGEANT:
Ross did a wonderful job with very few complaints, those that did paid heavily.
 
GUEST SPEAKER:
Evelyn McCorkill introduced Jeremy Scott.
 
Jeremy was born in NZ and at the age of 4 years had open heart surgery. Following this surgery he was aable to keep up with his peers and gave him a drive to be successful.
 
After school he lived in London and worked in an Architectural field. 
In 2004 he saw an article in a TNT magazine that made him decide to ride a bicycle  from London to Auckland.
On 5 th October 2011 he set off from London. He found the first few weeks very difficult but he kept going.
His journey took him from London thru Amsterdam, Vienna and Prague. From he he crossed Turkey where he encountered temperatures of minus 30 degrees.From here his journey took him thru Iran and Central Asia. He found the Iranian people to be very friendly and helpful (he did encounter drug dealers but managed to extricate him form that situation). 
 
In Western China he encountered major dust storms. In South Korea and Japan he found incredible scenery. From here he went thru Vietnam, Malaysia and on to Australia. In Australia he travelled from Darwin to Cairns and then to Melbourne. From here he flew to NZ and finished up at the Auckland Medical School after 2 1/2 years and 51916 Kms and only 7 punctures.
 
He has self published a book titled "A Long Road  from a Broken Heart" which cost $65 of which Jeremy donates 10% to the Heart Foundation.
See his web site at www.jeremyscott.com.au
 
He was thanked by President Mike.
 
 
RAFFLE: Was drawn and won .
 
CLOSE:
President Mike closed the meeting after thanking all. He reminded us that Lockie Smart will be speaking next Thursday.
 
 
 
 
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